DVD BURNING AND FILE DOWNSIZING

Hi I want to burn a dvd on a 4.7gb disc. Yet the dvd file is to big. Is there a way to downsize the file so I can burn this file on to the disc?

Depending on what it is exactly you are trying to burn.
Roxio's Popcorn, and Toast-7 both have the ability to compress large files and compress them to fit on a standard 4.7gb DVD.
This is how you fit a 7 or 7.3gb file of a Commercial DVD Movie on a 4.7gb disc.
I would however suggest when you pose a question, give as much detailed information as you can.
This will allow all to give you a detailed answer to your problem.
Cheers Don

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afternoon
where can i tell on my macbook if i have a dvd burner, and if i do, what application would i use to burn dvd's. does the macbook come with anything pre installed?
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when i look in about this mac
many thanks in advance
Tracy

You can look at system profiler to see what you have.
Or just go to the apple icon on the menu, then about this mac then click the system information button.
Based on what you posted you have a DVD burner.
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Highlight the folder you want copied. In finder go File > then there will be an option towards the bottom to burn those folders.
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Do you have iStatPro? You can download it from the Apple site and see what it is that is running so hot. Under the low usage you describe, the fans should be idling silently. And you might be able to tell what is getting so hot.
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Thanks for the links.
Re available space, I have 58.6 Gigs free out of a formatted 74.4 Gigs (eMac 80 Gig HD) Also I have 1 Gig RAM. (My eMac is the 1.25 GHZ, USB 2, Superdrive model)
I do have BUFE as per the second link - checked in Terminal. But any mention of "Buffer Underrun Error" has not been in any of the error messages.
I will try and note the 2 or 3 error messages when they occur.
I also did try burning without any other applications running.
All media has been brand new. I have found online at Staples some 4x DVD-R disks but I have yet to find any "in-store."
Interestingly, my SuperDrive, Pioneer 107D, reports itself as more capable than Apple supports - Apple only supporting DVD-R.
As far as data type, I burn a few AIFF CD's for music playback, some Data CD's for backup and storage and the odd DVD also for data storage and backup. The latest attempt to back up the approx 2.2 Gigs in my Documents Folder is when I encountered the burning issues.
Upon reflection, I have never had more than 4x available in the DVD burning process despite the advertised 8x specs. Anything beyond 4x has always been greyed out.
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I am trying to export a 1 hour video that I need to be compatible with standard DVD players as well as viewable on any computer.
Original footage was shot with a Canon 5d Mark ii in 24fps.
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First off, don't export your timeline and then take the result to AME to re-encode, this is compressing your video twice and degrading quality (not to mention takes extra time and hard drive space). Always export direct from Premiere to Media Encoder. If you must use an "intermediate" file as part of your workflow, perhaps to archive a completed video that might later be exported to other formats, then use a lossless codec such as UT or Lagarith (free downloads).
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This should be correct for your application - MPEG-2 DVD > NTSC 23.976fps Widescreen High Quality
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